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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology enable students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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